Nick Peine

Frankie is looking forward to taking part in the annual homecoming tailgate. But she begins to feel like the event will become an embarrassing disaster when her mom, Pat (recurring guest star Marsha Mason), decides to come out and join in the fun. Meanwhile, with Axl down with a bad case of the stomach flu, Mike turns his attention to Brick to help him win the tailgate cornhole tournament trophy that has eluded him for so long; and Sue volunteers to be the class liaison for Homecoming at the event.

Jack decides to use his students to enact revenge on his rival; Principal Durbin struggles to control Jack.

Jack leaves his class unattended and lands himself in “teacher jail” after one of his students suffers a minor injury. Initially, Jack enjoys the paid time off, but the situation takes a turn when the resulting investigation targets Durbin. Meanwhile, Helen acts as the substitute teacher in Jack’s absence, much to the students’ dismay.

When the local bookstore chooses Miles’ new book as their “staff pick,” Jack instructs his students to get jobs at the store in order to change the pick from the inside. Meanwhile, Principal Durbin struggles to assert his authority while attempting to make budget cuts.

Jack (Glenn Howerton) gets into a petty dispute with Marcus (Nick Peine), the President of Student Council. Marcus surprisingly refuses to back down and the situation escalates much too far. Stef (Lyric Lewis) sells makeup at school as a side business.